Legal Opinion
State v. Lixandra Hernandez and Jose Sanchez(075444)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 28, 2016No. A-39-14PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
New Jersey provides a broad range of discovery to an accused in a criminal case under Rule 3:13-3. This open-file approach is intended to ensure fair and just trials. Here, the issue is not whether defendants have a right to discovery of the prosecutor’s file in their case, but whether they have a right to discovery of the files in unrelated cases involving the same cooperating witness.
The cooperating witness (the Witness) in defendants’ drug case assisted the State in a number of drug investigations and prosecutions. In discovery, defendants were given the agreements between the State and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Pomerantz Paper Corp. v. New Community Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2011
- State v. LongSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
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3Cited by50 opinions
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